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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 5h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws

The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner warns the government about policing of demonstrations.

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 5h

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

'They break you': Colombia debates a ban on conversion therapy

LGBTQ advocates have documented a range of conversion therapy practices in the country that include humiliation, exorcism, food deprivation, electroshocks, waterboarding and rape.

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 6h

Funny, he's such a 'love to hate' kinda guy..!

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

That won’t wash: should you rinse your mushrooms?

Our panel proves there’s no magic trick, but one thing’s for sure: they don’t actually go soggy

www.theguardian.com

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 22h

I didn’t know you couldn’t dm images!
I have another profile for that.. 😝

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 23h

I understand the Asian variety have yellow legs.

Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 23h

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 23h

Unthinkable!

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 23h

Today we handed in over fifty-five thousand signatures at Downing Street, calling on the government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights. Leaving it would put us alongside Russia and Belarus. Britain must stand for justice, not isolation.

Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

‘Serious threat’ warning as Asian hornets found in part of UK for first time

The Yellow-legged hornet is a harmful invasive species originating from East Asia that feeds on honeybees

www.independent.co.uk

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Boots: the Netflix sleeper hit that’s a stunning indictment of military homophobia

This word-of-mouth sensation’s scenes about the US marines’ treatment of homosexuality are incredibly powerful. Until it throws in a weird food fight and starts trying to become an Orange Is the New B...

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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 2d

Given the competing self interests of Polanski (make a fairer more sustainable world to live in) and Spectator owner multimillionaire Marshall (avoid paying taxes on hoarded wealth), I’m going to go with Polanski

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Zack Polanski just crushed the Spectator like a bug over wealth taxes

Zack Polanski explained why our billionaire-owned media is attacking wealth taxes (you may not be surprised by the the answer)

www.thecanary.co

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’

Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests

www.theguardian.com

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Another corporate scandal.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing.

98% of the the 23,000 homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs.

Companies have vanished, people left with the problems.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Ostfee 🧚‍♀️🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 1d

I'm surprised that people are still on there..!

Ray Selby #FBPE #XR #antifascist #NAFO #WeDidWarn #WeStillWarn @tarotray.bsky.social · 2d

Get off the Musk platform! Don't legitimise it's existence, let alone it's biased algorithms.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Zack Polanski will be on Laura Kuenssberg's this Sunday.

Tune in, make it the most watched episode ever.

Then they will know, change is coming.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes